Meter adapter



Jgn.'13,1931. v B. D. HQRTON 8 5 METER ADAPTER original Filed May 23 ,1915

i ATTORNEY I I By I Patented Jan. 13, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFioe BRYSON n. HORTON, or nnrnorr, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR r0 saunas 1) COMPANY, or

DETROIT, mronronn, A CORPORATION or MICHIGAN METER ADAPTER Original application filed May 22, 1915, Serial No. 29,738; Divided and this application filed February 15,1919, Serial No. 277,193.

It is desirable to make an electrical installation iron clad throughout in order to improve the safety factor. and keep unauthorized persons from access to the conducting I parts. a service box and an electric meter for measuring the energy by the service company. It is an object of my invention, to provide adapters to accommodate the various sizes and shapes of meters which are on the market and in use by the service companies and to shield the wires between the meters and'service boxes of difierent sizes.

May 22, 1915.

In the accompanying drawings, Ihave shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3,-three com- 1 mercial forms in which my invention may find embodiment, each associated in a different way with the wall of-a service box.

Referring to the drawings, similar characters present corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In each case, my meter adapter is made up from sheet metal and comprises a front or .top 1 having at either side thereof depending sides 2. In the form shownin Figs. 1 and 3, the metal near the upper edge of the front or top 1 is bent at right angles to form an engaging face 3. At the upper end of the sides 2, I provide a pair of angularly projecting hooks H which may be either integral with the metal of the adapter or riveted thereto, as shown at 5. In the form there shown, each of these hooks comprises two parallel side walls 66 which provide a jaw. The upper wallsf66 are each in substantially the same plane as the face 3.

Many installations include Renewed December 11, 1926.,

necessary to slide outwardly the plate 8 whereupon the meter adapter will pass downwardly as in Fig. l.

In the form of adapter shown in Fig. 2, the metal has been bent outwardly to form broad engaging portions 11 which are adapted to engage tangs 10, as does the adapter plate'8. This form of an adapter is, however, particularly adapted for use in a casing wall having anopen slot, as shown in Fig. 2. It is therefore apparent that I have provided adapters which are easily constructed and which may be readily used with varying kinds of service boxes and with the various shapes of meters. The adapters are securely heldnext the box by means of the outwardlybent portions which present an engaging surface for the flat walls of the casing or theadapter plate, as the case may be.

Whilemy invention may take form in many other embodiments, I consider that the representation of these threeforms is sufficient to show the adaptability of the device.

, A meter adapter comprising, a sheet metal member having connected sides and a top forming a housing for the wires between a switch box and meter, the ends of the sides at the box-engaging end of the adapter being ben't angularly toward eachother and provided on the ends thereof with'angularly projecting hooks for engagementwith the switch box and the top of the adapter at a the box-engaging end thereof having an angularly up-standing flange.

' BRYSON D. HORTON.

Adapters of this form may be retained alongside the wall of the service box either by sliding the adapter alongside the edges 77 of an open slot in the wall of the box, 7 

